Film starts off pretty well. Always interesting to dramatise a period of Welsh/Roman history that there is scarse documentation about. However, as soon as she becomes Boudica, it's begins to spiral into a lot of confusion. There's a sword that becomes magic. The 'new guy' - from Vikings fame, seems to spend the rest of the film saying 'Boudica'. He's a terrible actor but seems to have been led astray by terrible direction.
As gory as it is, they seemed to have shied away from the historical accounts of Boudica's savagery, (in particular to Roman women) which I won't describe but can be looked up.
In the end it's a failure. The lead actress, though beautiful as a Queen, looks comical as Boudica and can barely hold up the magical sword she's apparently able to wage war with. Truly bizarre.
A shame as there are few films that have ever been able to tell the Boudica tale with the dignity she deserves.
As gory as it is, they seemed to have shied away from the historical accounts of Boudica's savagery, (in particular to Roman women) which I won't describe but can be looked up.
In the end it's a failure. The lead actress, though beautiful as a Queen, looks comical as Boudica and can barely hold up the magical sword she's apparently able to wage war with. Truly bizarre.
A shame as there are few films that have ever been able to tell the Boudica tale with the dignity she deserves.